Ina Cariño is a Filipinx American poet.[1][2] They are the winner of a 2022 Whiting Award for poetry,[3][4][5] and the winner of the 2021 Alice James Award[6] for her first poetry collection Feast,[7] published by Alice James Books in March 2023.[8]

Photograph by Sass Art.

Biography

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Cariño has an MFA in creative writing from North Carolina State University.[9] She has a BA in English literature with a minor in music performance on the violin from East Carolina University.

Their work has appeared in literary journals such as Guernica,[10] Poetry Magazine,[11] The Paris Review Daily,[12] and elsewhere.

In 2019, Cariño founded a poetry reading series called Indigena Collective,[13] a platform that aims to center marginalized creatives in the NC community and beyond.[14]

Publications

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  • Feast[7] (Alice James Books, March 2023)
  • Reverse Requiem[15] (Alice James Books, forthcoming 2026)

Awards and honors

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  • 2022 George Bogin Memorial Award[16]
  • 2022 Whiting Award for poetry
  • 2021 Alice James Award
  • 2021 92Y Discovery Contest winner[17]

References

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  1. ^ "ABOUT".
  2. ^ "Ina Cariño". Sundress Publications. Retrieved 2024-02-21.
  3. ^ "Ina Cariño".
  4. ^ Sánchez, Fi O'Reilly (2022-04-06). "2022 Whiting Awards celebrate 10 emerging writers". NPR.
  5. ^ Edwards, Sarah (2022-04-07). "Two Triangle Writers Named Recipients of Prestigious Whiting Award". INDY Week. Retrieved 2024-02-21.
  6. ^ "2021 Alice James Award Winner Announced". 3 March 2021.
  7. ^ a b "Feast". Alice James Books.
  8. ^ Writer, Jameson Wolf, Staff (2022-02-27). "Poet Ina Cariño explores ancestry in diasporas". Technician. Retrieved 2024-02-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  9. ^ "MFA Poetry Alum Wins Prestigious Writing Prize". NC State News. 2022-04-07. Retrieved 2024-02-21.
  10. ^ Cariño, Ina (December 6, 2021). "when I say hello to the oldest apples". Guernica.
  11. ^ Foundation, Poetry (February 21, 2024). "Ina Cariño". Poetry Foundation.
  12. ^ Review, The Paris (June 25, 2021). "The Winners of 92Y's 2021 Discovery Poetry Contest".
  13. ^ "INDIGENA COLLECTIVE". INDIGENA COLLECTIVE.
  14. ^ Cataneo, Emily (2020-02-13). "The Indigena Series Centers the Margins at VAE". INDY Week. Retrieved 2024-02-21.
  15. ^ "Reverse Requiem by Ina Cariño (Alice James Books)". Alice James Books.
  16. ^ "George Bogin Memorial Award".
  17. ^ https://www.92ny.org/insider/ina-carino